WELL · 42-479-39806 · DISTRICT 4
Johns, E. S. Estate #9
Webb County · Vertical
Johns, E. S. Estate #9 (API 42-479-39806) is a permitted well in Webb County filed by Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2005 and 2007, permitted to 7,800 ft.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Midway, Navarro, Escondido, Olmos.
Its 2 leases have reported 1.39K barrels of oil and 89.4K mcf of gas since October 2007, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc.
Corpus Chrsti, TX · P-5 Inactive, filed Dec 10, 2007 · 220 permits on file · (361) 882-3046
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc.Apr 9, 2007 |
- 7,800
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Apr 9, 2007
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 1.39K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 89.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 2007 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Surface location
No coordinates on the permit record yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; historical master-file permits never carry one.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VT Johns, E. S. Estate G-4-244848 | Tom Walsh (Olmos) | Lewis Petro Properties, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 71.3K | Jan 2009 – Jul 2026 |
| Johns, E. S. Estate O-4-13465 | Tom Walsh (Olmos) | Virtex Operating Company, Inc. | 1 | 1.39K | 18K | Oct 2007 – Apr 2009 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 3,560 · prior 12 1,090(+227%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Virtex Operating Company, Inc.Oct 2007 → Jul 2021
- 2Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.Aug 2021 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 636359-99 | Drill | Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc. | Apr 2, 2007 | Apr 9, 2007 | Sep 24, 2007 | 7,800 |
| 556648-99 | Drill | Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc. | Jan 24, 2005 | Jan 24, 2005 | — | 7,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-244848 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-4-13465 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 636 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,235 | 7,270 | Perforated |
| 7,359 | 7,277 | Perforated |
| 7,359 | 7,377 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 816 | 12.25 | 340 S |
| 4.5 | 7,501 | 7.875 | 630 S |
Completion filings
W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Mar 7, 2009 | Feb 6, 2009 | — |
| 00 | Feb 11, 2009 | — | — |
| 00 | Mar 5, 2008 | Dec 6, 2007 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 14, 2008 | — | — |
The source documents
Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.
- Wellbore filings for 42-479-39806 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-39806 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.
About this data
Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.
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